Optimizing appropriate use of procedures in an era of payment reform.

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Published in Ann Surg on August 01, 2014

Authors

Creagh E Milford1, Matthew M Hutter, Keith D Lillemoe, Timothy G Ferris

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of *Medicine and †Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

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